Mission work among Orthodox churches is much more than ‘proselytisation’ and should equip ourselves for dialogue with other churches and other religions’ ‘National ecumenical bodies must initiate dialogue with Malankara and Jacobite factions to avoid conflicts and abide by court directives’ “Missionary is a rare commodity with our Church and

Once again we the MOC faithful have been deceived by the very people who were supposed to play umpire at Thrikkunnath seminary. A 10-point charter of do’s and don’ts were drawn up by the district authorities of Ernakulam headed by the District Collector and signed by the representatives of

This is the high time for the Malankara Church to change the political policy, because the Church is getting no Justice. Even though it is having the clear favourable verdict from the Supreme Court of India, and also a number of favourable verdicts from the local courts of Kerala. Both

Communications: My role as I see it WHEN we speak about communication, what comes to my mind is the ‘community well’ where women in the olden days gathered to draw water. That was their favourite meeting place, where they shared, laughed, sympathized and grieved together. There was no print or

It was not without tears that His Grace Dr. Geevarghese Mar Osthathios will be remembered. I am sure that volumes will be written about His Grace because His Grace’s life and work were gracefully voluminous. The Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church’s history of humanitarian projects will be the biography of Mar

This appeal is on behalf of Mrs. Indu A K, 36, who seeks your heartfelt prayers and a merciful helping hand. Both her kidneys show severe failure. Indu is diagnosed with IVth Stage IgA Nephropathy (Chronic Kidney Disease) four months back. After having gone through dialysis for 40 times her

Preface It is easy for the social, political and religious thinkers to say ‘Social Commitment’ eloquently. But nobody has got time to think about its various shades of meaning or how far it can be translated into action in their own life. The very term ‘Social Commitment’ signifies bondage or

The MGOSCM youth of the DC-MD-VA area had conducted ‘The Road to Redemption Retreat-2012’ at St. Thomas Indian Orthodox Church, Greater Washington (Silver Spring, MD) on Friday, December 30, 2011 from 12:00PM – 4:30PM. This retreat was a truly enlightening experience that instilled a newly found sense of faith in

Luke 2:10: And the Angel said unto them “Fear not, for behold, I bring you good tidings of great Joy, which shall be to all people. Another Season of Christmas is fast approaching along with all the rigmaroles of the season: frenzied shopping, gift wrapping, guest listing and the anxiety